Toronto seabins diverts tens of thousands of plastic pieces
In an effort to reduce and study single-use plastics and microplastics in our waterways, Ports Toronto and the University of Toronto Trash Team lead The PortsToronto Seabin Program. The seabins act like a vacuum cleaner on the surface of the water to collect all floating debris, including plastics as small as 2 millimetres. Over a seven-week period in the summer of 2021, the seabins diverted more than 230,000 pieces of small plastic from polluting the Toronto harbour. Opens in new window: Read about how the program uses this waste information to increase waste literacy and inform research-based solutions in the community.
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